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Autograph letter signed C.L. Dodgson : Eastbourne, to Harry Furniss, 1887 Sept. 1.

BIB_ID
285091
Accession number
MA 2878.29
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
1887 Sept. 1.
Credit line
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description
1 item (2 p.) : ill. ; 15.9 cm
Notes
Includes a sketch of Carroll's proposed illustration of a woman "extending her skirt along the floor, in zigzags, like a serpent."
Part of a collection of 70 letters from Lewis Carroll to Harry Furniss; the letters are described individually (MA 2878.1-70).
Provenance
Purchased by John Hay Whitney at the Lois C. Levison sale (American Art Association, New York, 12-13 May 1930).
Summary
Sending a proof of "Little Birds"; noting that he will alter the last stanza of "Tootles" if Furniss approves of his illustration.